| 100% | ANIMALFARM | 10 | Source of the line "Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend" |
| 37% | INFERNO | 7 | Source of the line "Midway upon the road of our life I found myself within a dark wood ..." |
| 36% | OSCAR | 5 | (With 13-Across) "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go" |
| 34% | PSALMS | 6 | Source of the line "The Lord is thy keeper" |
| 34% | HAMLET | 6 | Source of the line "Frailty, thy name is woman!" |
| 34% | MACBETH | 7 | Source of the line "What's done is done" |
| 34% | ALLSWELLTHATENDSWELL | 20 | Source of the line "They say miracles are past" |
| 33% | WOOLF | 5 | Writer of the line “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction” |
| 33% | TEMPEST | 7 | Source of the line "What's past is prologue," with "The" |
| 32% | HAMLET | 6 | Source of the line "Madness in great ones must not unwatch'd go" |
| 32% | ROLLWITHIT | 10 | Be willing to accept whatever ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23-, 36- and 46-Across |
| 32% | MATTHEW | 7 | Source of the line "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth" |
| 32% | RUBAIYAT | 8 | Source of the line "A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread - and Thou" |
| 32% | PSALMS | 6 | Source of the line "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands" |
| 32% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Go on a break, or what the starts of 16-, 20-, 32-, 43-, and 57-Across can be called |
| 32% | KIPLING | 7 | Source of the line "The female of the species is more deadly than the male" |
| 32% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Source of the line "There is no one alive who is you-er than you!" |
| 32% | HOSEA | 5 | Source of the line "They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind" |
| 31% | TRADINGPLACES | 13 | Classic 1983 comedy … or a hint to what the answers to four pairs of starred clues are doing |
| 31% | ACTS | 4 | Biblical source of the line "It is more blessed to give than to receive" |
| 31% | WOOLF | 5 | Penner of the line "Language is wine upon the lips" |
| 31% | CANDIDE | 7 | Source of the line "If this is the best of all possible worlds, what are the others?" |
| 30% | YOUSWEAR | 8 | Something done on a stack of Bibles or in response to someone stealing the cheesecake you were going to eat for breakfast |
| 30% | CONFLICTOFINTEREST | 18 | The candidate was accused of having a ___ |
| 30% | DIAMETER | 8 | Line going through the middle of a circle |
| 30% | ATTENTION | 9 | Have the __ span of a gnat or mosquito |
| 29% | ARNOLDPALMER | 12 | He was nicknamed "The King" of golf and has won the Masters Tournament four times, a record he shares with Tiger Woods: 2 wds. |
| 29% | TAP | 3 | Source of beer on a keg or source of water in the kitchen |
| 29% | HAILSTONE | 9 | What each of the four longest answers is a term for |
| 29% | BATHROOM | 8 | Part of the house where a tub or latrine is found |